Watching A Current Affair tonight has made me extremely ranty. Matthew Newton featured in a profile interview about his "mental" illness and how it has contributed to where he is now. How it was untreated for a long period of time and how he was not in control of himself.
I'm not sure what I expected to see or hear. Actually I am. I expected to see a humble man, sorry for his past actions and willing to do whatever it takes to rehabilitate. I expected to see a man who was embarrassed by his past actions and one who could not apologise enough for hitting the women he supposedly loved. It wasn't just one girlfriend, but two. No, I didn't see what I was expecting. I saw a self-absorbed person who had one agenda - to show the public that he wasn't "responsible" for his actions - he had an untreated mental illness. He had so many "issues". Noises in his head. He didn't know what was happening to him. There were no sorrys, only excuses.